Chapter 17 - Stereotype, Prejudice and Discrimination

Question 1

What is a stereotype?

Answer 1

Categorizing people into groups (appearance)
e.g. gender, ethnicity, race, physical ability or disability, age, culture, sexuality, social class, occupation, intelligence etc.

Question 2

Stereotyping is a prejudiced that can lead to?

Answer 2

xenophobia, discrimination, sexism, racism, and other societal problems

Question 3

The Tri-component Model of Attitudes theorises that?

Answer 3

Affective, Behaviour and beliefs = attitude

Question 4

What are the 3 components of the Tri-component Model of Attitudes & Stereotypes?

Answer 4

Affective
Behaviour
Cognitive
(ABC)

Question 5

Positive examples of stereotypes?

Answer 5

All Asian people can do math

All men are strong

Question 6

Negative examples of stereotypes?

Answer 6

All Jews are greedy

Goths are depressed and only wear black

Question 7

Scapegoating

Answer 7

Blaming someone else for mistakes

Question 8

A Majority Group see themselves as?

Answer 8

superior and they see the minority as not belonging

Question 9

A Minority Group see themselves as?

Answer 9

lesser than and they feel as if they don’t ‘belong’

Question 10

Prejudice is a __ while Discrimination is an __

Answer 10

feeling

action

Question 11

Forming prejudice can occur from direct experience where?

Answer 11

encounters that lead to the formation of attitudes (negative experiences result in strong attitudes)

Question 12

Prejudiced attitudes can be held by people with specific?

Answer 12

Personality types
Personality Characteristics
Cognitive Styles
‘Authoritarian’ personality